Dispenser bracket



Aug. 1l, 1953 M. J. MANI-:TTI ET AL DISPENSER BRACKET 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Feb. 24, 1950 INVENTORS marzia J. Manetti Daz/Ld James Aug' 11, 1953 M. J. MANETTI ETAL 2,648,516

DISPENSER BRACKET Filed Feb. 24, 1950 INVENTORS manet-h Dal/id James Y "l mario J.

Patented Aug. 11, 1953 UNITED S TAT ES PTET OFFICE DISPENSER BRACKET Mario J Manetti and David James, Chicago, Ill., assignors to Edward G. Gantner, MortonV Grove, Ill.

Application February 24, 1950, Serial No. 146,064

Certain packagedproducts are vproduced and ashembled so that-the contents .thereof .may be withdrawn successively through .a wall aperture `.which maybe made by puncturing a prepared area thereof.' Oneexample which illustrates this practice concerns packaged disposable .cellulose 'tissues which are used for personal needs, household utility,and in various othergeneral service `respects. Manufacturers of these tissues..recog nizing'that facile availability of these tissues in respect lto their container package to a large extent `enhances `their utility, have designed the packagingcontainers so that the tissuesmay be 4removed successively from a stacked condition therein. `'Iowards this end the tissues are packaged with inter-engaging `flaps and stacked in containers which outline their assembled stack dimensions.

It is desirable `to be able to support v.packages containing such disposable tissues on Wall mount,- ed fixtures so that they can be placed in Vvarious locations-on `the wal-l'or-other support in la room or 4an automobile `Such vmounting and availability are especially-important in .connection with their use in automobiles wherestorage space is scarce.

-A `principal `object of the 'present invention, therefore, is to provide "a mounting and: dispensing 'fixture that is suitable for use with commerycially packaged articles'such as cleansing tissues, which can -be applied vupon vertical or Ihorizontal Wall surfaces, which will support -such packaged goods in utility and concealment positions selectively, and is so constructed as to permit .the housing to "be rotated `into such position that a Vbox ,of tissues 'ma-y be easily inserted therein or removed therefrom from the front side of the nxture.

Another object of the present invention is lto provide a rugged surface mountable bracket for supporting dispensables in packaged form which can 'be-produced man economical and inexpensive manner from low cost materials.

Another object of this invention'is to provide a novellyconstructed hinge mechanism whereby .thepackage containing .housing 'having an opening'may be'rotated-through an arc of 180 so that the opening is brought around to position v-of .quickly'and-easily inserting or removing-a box of tissues from the 'housing.

V'Still'another object of this invention is to provide a .dispensing device which may be installed in places where insufficient space is provided for the insertion or removal of a box oi :tissues through the open back of the dispenser.

Further objects are such as will become evident during the course of the following .description and such as will appear from the disclosure and claims appended hereto.

Fora better understanding reference will now -be `had more particularly to the illustrations in the accompanying drawings and to thedetailed description of the .construction and operation which will follow. Inboth .the drawings and the .following detailed description, like reference characters are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a sheet metal formed container and wall-mountable supporting bracket particularly adapted tov accommodate packaged cleansing tissues and in which thereare embodied various features of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view .of the same type .of apparatus illustrated in Fig. 1, showingin .dotted and solid outline relative .positions of the .container .during concealment and .utility positions;

Fig. 3 is a view showing the structural features of the apparatus in package-receiving or vwithdrawal'position;

Fig. .4 is a sectional .detail view taken along lines 4 4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of a modified form of apparatus in which the container-:element its fabricated of plastic .or other substance ,characterized :by a more f ull .enclosure of the .commercial package thereby; and

Fig. -6 is .a sectional detail View `taken along lines 6-6 .of Fig. 2.

The reference numeral ll designates .generally a sheet metalformed mounting bracket, the fore.- Vmos-tedge ofv which is formed with an .open bead `|2.for the purpose of aording thereby a resilient bumper and spacer device'to be encountered -by a pivotalframe member i3 .during itsplacement into the closed position as illustrated in 'Fig-S. l .and.2. lThe panel .of themounting plate LI is :preferably perforated Vat various andlappropriate Ilocations so that screws, nails, Aor other anchorling devices, --may be inserted therethrough for securing the bracket to :a horizontal wall .such a5, for example, Vthe glove compartment of an .automobile.

Theopen bead .l2 imparts a .tranverse rigidity Ynear the upper end of `.the :panelsectipn Il ,and

near its rearmostedgezthis -panel may be further 3 reinforced and stiffened by the provision of a rib, as at I4, which extends across the width of the panel and partially aronud the corner at each end, as is better portrayed in Figs. l, 2 and 3.

At each of its opposite sides the back panel is bent at right angles to form a pair of side panels I5 and I6, and a small rib is provided, preferably as at I1, in respect to each of the end panels I5 and I6 to further increase the rigidity of the panel.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3. it will be noted that the foremost end panel I5 has arcuate channels on its inside face preferably formed by offsetting the material of the wall outwardly. The arcuate channel I8 has its axis on the center of a hole containing the guide rivet I9 in Fig. 2. The arcu ate channel i8 is provided near its lower end with a significant ila-ring extremity 2|, the purpose of which will be better explained at a later point in this description.

An arcuate cut-out is made in the panel I5, as at 22, such that its center of curvature is in the approximation of the toe extremity of the ared portion 2I just described. A rib formed by upsetting the material of the end wall designated generally at 23 is located to the rear and slightly above the arcuate channel I8, the curvature of which is concentric with that of the cut-out 22 and accordingly will be understood to have the same approximate point for its circle center. Directly forwardly, the rib 23 there is formed in the panel I5 a detent 24 and, to the left of the detent 24, along a circular line from the center discussed above formed in the toe formation 2 I, the panel I5 is flared into an edge fluting 26.

While not particularly illustrated in these drawings, as in the case of panel I5, the companion or hidden-from-view panel IS is formed in precisely the same manner as panel I5, except that in relation thereto all of the channels, ribs and cut-outs of panel I6 are symmetrical and opposite.

Between the two parallel panels I5 and I6 there is interposed a rectangularly conformed sheet metal housing member, designated I3, which, for the sake of economy of fabrication is, in the preferred disclosure, illustrated as being shaped of a principal enveloping section of sheet steel whose ends, designated 28 and 29, face each other on the small sides of the rectangular formation, as viewed in Fig. 1, but Whose main and largest panel or intermediate section is provided with a longitudinal slot 3|, whose location is placed in this position because it coincides with the location of a similar slot formed in the cardboard packaging containers of certain classes of cellulose fiber cleansing tissues, which are thus `made and sold commercially for various personal, household and industrial uses. Through the aforementioned coincidence or registration of the opening 3l in the sheet metal housing I3 and the corresponding opening in the commercial package, there is obtained accessibility to the inter-folded sheets of cleansing tissues, one of which has been designated as at 32 (Fig. 2) having an end fold extended out so as to be grasped for removal.

One end of the principal sheet metal member I3 is preferably capped by an end piece 33 which consists of a formed unitary member of rectangular outline having curved or illeted corners 34 coinciding with the similar forming or shaping of the principal member I3 thereat. The other end of the sheet metal member I3 is left open for the insertion or removal of a package of tissues.

The cap or end member 33 is preferably ornamented with longitudinal utes or ridges, as at 35, and at its center, as at 36, is provided with an inset embossment whereby one edge, as best seen in Fig. 1, is formed in straight line, sharp dropoff arrangement so as to be engageable manually for the purpose of rotating the container from the position shown in Fig. l to that shown in dotted outline in Fig. 2 for the removal of a tissue or to that shown in solid outline in Fig. 3 for insertion or removal of a package or box of tissues.

The cap 33 is integrated with the side member by riveting or spot welding at the peripheral juncture, Fig. 1, where the filleted straight side section encloses the rectilinear edging of the formed sheet I3. In this way the assembly is made generously stout and transversely rigid, maintaining its shape and physical dimensions in an enduring manner.

Calling attention now again to the sheet I3 which forms the principal encircling body for a package of tissues to be inserted therein (not shown), it will be observed to comprise opposite end panels 42 and 43 (see particularly Fig. 1)v of rectangular outline, and of these panels, the foremost one 42 will be understood to resemble its counterpart 43 in Vall respects with identical but symmetrically opposite formation detail.

In the foremost panel 42 is for-med a pair of detent projections 44 and 45 (Figs. 2 and 3) of slightly smaller diameter than the detent 24 in panel I5. At a significant point in each of the panels 42 and 43 there is provided a headed rivet 46 located in the position I9 in Figs. 2 and 3, but located in an opposite extremity of the curved slot 22 in Fig. 1. This rivet is applied during a final assembly operation since its head is extended through the curved slot 22 in panels I5 and I6 whereby the thickness of the metal which forms these panels comprises a spacing between the head 46 and its anchorage in the panels 42 and 43 so as to be slidable about the point 2I as a center along the path of slot 22.

In addition to the foregoing signiiicances of the panels 42 and 43, each is provided with an upstanding lug 5I, Fig. 3 (not visible in full lines in any of the other illustrations), which remains confined within the space accommodation within the arcuate channel I8 in its related panel I5 or I6. The out-struck projection 5I is perpendicular to the body of panel 42 and accordingly leaves an opening 52 in said body when it is removed. Unlike other of the protuberant parts of the panels 42 and 43, projections 5I are sharp connable obstructions which, because of such reasons, remain within the confines of the hollow arcuate channels IB as they travel from one end to the other during the course of the operations now to be explained. Detent projections 44 and 45 being shallow and filleted lend themselves more easily to ingress and egress through cammable or distortable clearances, as will now become apparent.

To illustrate what is meant, attention is now again directed to Figs. l, 2 and 3. With the housing member in its tissue and package concealing position, the tissue and the contained package are hidden from view and the dispensing opening SI is concealed from access and exposure by vbeing presented in the confining space which faces the outer surface of panel II. To obtain access to the tissuey the operator engages the depression 36 and exerts a torque againstthe housing by pulling downward or towards the operator. This movement is marginally resisted because at this starting point the detentv projection 45 is resting within the hollow of the'nodul'e 24 in panel I5 and the detent projection 44 is at the rear of rib 23. Since the panels are close- Vcountering the end of slot 22.

spaced to a significant degree, the force which an operator thus exerts is intended to be of a i positive degree. Eventually because ofthe shallow llleted'curvature formation of the Opposite detent projections fili this resistance to movement is overcome by effecting a gentle springing away `of the sides I5 and I6, which is induced by the cammingaction of lthis detent projection which moves from the rear of rib 23 until it reachesthe forward endof rib A23. Thereupon the housing I3 Vmoves from the solid line position shown in Fig.

2 `throughout an arc which corresponds with the coming to rest in the dotted outline position shown `in Fig. 2 whereat the rivet 46 is obstructed by en- At this stage the housing I3 is in utility position and tissues may be easily withdrawn through the dispensing opening 3l.

It is important to observe that because the rivet 4t is limited by the length of the slot 22, further -exertion of force causes the housing i3 to be rotated about point ISB as a center, and with the rivets 46 as fulcrums. During the aforementioned arcuate sliding movement of the rivets 36 in their slots 22, the detent projections ill which are shown `in dotted outline in Fig. 2 move from the lowermost `end to the uppermost end of the space provided by the embossments 23. Continued further exertion of force causes said detent projections lill to cam out of the curved internal ridges within the embossments 23, traveling through an arcuate path thereafter on the smooth non-embossed internal surface of panels I5 and It from the points at which they leave the embcssments 23, exiting at the flared formations 2t on each of the panels I5 and I3. This renders the container I3 to be rotated freely about the pivots t@ until the open 'back is brought around to the front without encountering at this point even that degree of resistance which was produced by the detent projections fall scraping the inner surface of panels i5 and IS until container I3 is brought into container filling or removal position shown in solid lines in Fig. 3.

It is especially to be noted that by means of the just described compounding of two pivotal actions, during which the package housing I3 is moved from its protecting and concealment position toward and into the exposure for content dispensing position, there has been achieved a close placement condition of the fixture assembly when not needed and an extending laterally thereof from such close placement to a more projected position when the dispensables are made accessible. Moreover, this lateral displacement of the unit which houses the dispensing package is made incident to its revolvement and without requiring conscious effort on the part of the operator.

When ultimately the container I3 reaches the position shown in solid lines in Fig. 3 it is more positively obstructed against further progress by reason of the fact that the out-struck lugs 5I reach the ends of the internal space afforded by the long arcuate channels i3 and, since, as already has been explained, the projections 5I are sharp and more squarely encountering because of their formation or shape than are the detent projections MI and 35, the position featured in Fig. 3 becomes the practical limit of movement.

It is to be noted that by the action just described the open back of the package housing I3 is ultimately brought around to the front and is thus placed in position whereby the operator may easily-andconveniently insert a box ofdisposable tissues or remove an empty box. By reason of Vthe structure and mode of operation described, the dispensing device may be installed in places where insufficient space is provided to enable-thev user to insert orremove a box of -disposable v-tissues through the open back of the housing I3 when the dispenser is in the position vshown in Fig. 2.

The return operation constitutes simply a re- -versallof the succession ofsteps just describedit beingof significance to observe that the detent projections llt, by reason of the flared sections 26,V pass' through the position shown in Fig. 2, traveling towards the receded designation without .any appreciable impediment at which time Ythe embossments again disappear behind the sides of thepanels I5 and I5.

It'has been stated thatfor-the purpose of embracing, enclosing and protecting the commercial packages ofcleansing tissues, the rotatable members maybe constructed in Various manners within `the general contemplation of the foregoing utilities. lin Fig. 5 an illustration of the-diversi- Yiication to which'this application lends itself is aptly illustrated. Here it will be observed that a plastic rectangular housing having an opening at one of its narrow side walls has been provided with superimposed panels which are formed and constitute the counterparts of the end panels 42 and t3. Since these counterparts as metallic elements are less susceptible to wear and deterioration, they are preferably formed of sheet metal and superimposed by riveting or other techniques -of securement.

Since the commercial package of cleansing tissues in its full condition is a comparatively `firm and less compressible rectangular unit, its insertion into the container I3 as shown in the preferred embodiment, Fig. 3, is accordingly vSecured by the provision of inwardly extending bite prongs 6I formed by triangular in-iiared projections situated as best seen in Fig. 1. In the case -of the modified embodiment, Fig. 5, the same retentive properties may be obtained by the provision of extensions 63 having toothed extremities and flared inwardly so as to bite into and secure the edges of the cardboard packaging in its new or rm condition.

As the package becomes depleted in both instances, it is easily collapsed so as to be removable, notwithstanding any interference from the projections 6I or S3.

While the present invention has been explained and described with reference to specifically contemplated designs and adaptations, it will be understood,I nevertheless, that it is susceptible to significant degrees of modification and variation without departure from its essential concept. Accordingly, it is not intended to be limited in understanding to the particular details shown in the accompanying drawings nor to the language chosen in the foregoing description except as indicated in the hereunto appended claims.

The invention claimed is:

l. A sheet metal formed dispensing device bracket comprised of a mounting component having a back panel and a pair of end panels of which said end panels are provided with opposed primary axes guide embossments, opposed secondary axes guide embossments, and curved primary axes guide slots, a secondary component carried by said mounting component having sheet metal end panels adapted to be confined between said primary component end panels and 7 having provided respectively therewith primary axes projections to be conned in said primary axes embossments, primary axes rivet elements to be conned for movement in said primary axes curved slots, and secondary axes projecting elements consisting of up-struck protrusions in said secondary component side panels confined for pivotal as Well as curvilinear movement in said mounting component primary axes embossments.

2. A sheet metal bracket assembly for holding packaged dispensables comprising a securable member having a back panel and end panels, a series of divers guide embossments on said end panels including opposed primary axes curved embossments, opposed secondary axes curved embossments and curved primary axes guide slots, a movable member having sheet metal end panels adapted to be straddled by said securable member end panels and having provided respectively therewith primary axes projections to be conned in said securable member primary axes embossments, primary axes oating rivet elements confined for movement in said securable member, primary axes guide slots, and secondary axes elements consisting of up-struck protrusions in said movable member side panels conned for pivotal as well as -curvilinear movement in said securable member primary axes embossments.

3. An apparatus for supporting dispenser packages alternatively in utility and receded conditions comprising, a mounting bracket having a wall panel and in perpendicularity to said wall panel a pair of end panels, a package embracing housing having opposed end panels adapted to be nested between said wall bracket end panels, and means for rotatably supporting said housing in respect to said bracket end panels comprising primary axis pivot projections in said housing and panels conned in arcuate embossments of said bracket end panels, secondary axis pivot projections integral with said housing end panels conned in arcuate guide slots of said bracket end panels, and cammable surface areas between said housing end panels and said bracket end panels whereby said housing may be rotated throughout at least degrees in respect to said mounting bracket during which the initial portion of rotation is performed about said primary axis projections and during which the nal portion of rotation is performed about said secondary axis Projections.

4. An apparatus for supporting cleansing tissue packages in accessible and receded conditions comprising a bracket for wall surface mounting having a back panel and in perpendicularity thereto a pair of end panels, a package housing member having opposed end panels adapted to be straddled by said wall bracket end panels, and means for rotatably supporting said housing member in respect to said bracket comprising primary pivot projections in said housing member end panels coniined for movement in the recesses of arcuate embossments of said bracket end panels, secondary pivot projections integral with said housing m-ember end panels confined for movement in arcuate guide slots of said bracket end panels, and flare surface areas between said housing end panels and said bracket end panels whereby said primary pivot projections may be permitted to override their connes within said arcuate embossment recesses.

MARIO J. MANETTI. DAVID JAMES.

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